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The Panthers coaching staff certainly knew that our o-line was going to be outmatched against their d-line, and they put together a quick passing attacking. Get the ball out fast, and go pass heavy. The plan failed because Baker was told to hurry ahead of time, and that led to him dropping snaps. Then Baker further got frustrated when passes were being batted down. To make matters worse we couldn't use CMC as much to gash them with runs because their d-line was beastly. Look how tall they were. Good lord. Monsters.

Baker couldn't get through his reads far enough to make it to CMC. Also their d-line was better than our o-line, so running was going to be mostly ineffective. Add to that drive killing batted passes and you've got trouble. Sadly we still need further upgrades to our o-line to stop this from happening.

CMC and the second half adjustments. That game was so weird because Baker wasn't looking for CMC on passing plays. Hell I'd look to him more than useless Darnold used to.

We're basically playing the worst teams we'll face this season early in our schedule. If we lose the next two games then 0-17 is on the table. These next two games are super easy.

Yes I think we will squeak out a win against the Giants, but I thought we'd win a close one against the Browns as well.

When your offense does nothing in the first half, and you're up against an excellent opposing o-line and man beast of a RB bad things are gong to happen. On the other hand I've never liked this defense. Our defense looks like it's been built by someone who doesn't understand how to build a defense. We're too light up front, and Brown is a bust when going against a really good o-line.

The plan was to throw a lot of passes, but that plan clearly wasn't going to work. Baker is only 6'1, and the Browns d-line must be taller than average, so they managed to bat down 4 passes in just the first half. To make matters worse our o-line was unable to win at the LOS. Pass blocking was poor and so was the run blocking. The receivers did a good job of getting open, but with batted passes and near constant pressure it didn't matter. Baker got jumpy as any QB would in that dangerously unstable pocket. When your o-line losses badly up front it's a wrap usually. However, our receivers were winning down field, and the Browns secondary was getting confused as well. There were opportunities down field, and we needed a plan to protect Mayfield and go deep coming out of halftime. We had one, and some deep strikes got us back into the game. We could have won the game had certain players not committed bone headed penalties, and had the refs not called the game ultra tight against us (ticky tack to decide the outcome of the game) in our own f-king house. Overall the biggest problem facing this team is pass protection. I would have drafted Slater, or Evan Neal in our past drafts, but we have who we have and the jury is still out. We just played one of our easiest games this season and lost. If this level of play continues, especially the poor o-line play, then we're looking at 5 wins or less. That puts us in a position to upgrade the o-line further, or draft a top 10 QB to replace the less than stellar Mayfield.

Panthers - 20 Browns - 17 This one might be ugly.

Just go ahead a pin this thread for week 2 and onward.

It basically took Pickles and a last second missed FG, but yes Jake got the win lol. If that FG is made then no Cam.

Omg that popped into your head! Thank god I've forgotten most of those, although the Jake game is making me cringe now that you've reminded me.

Taysom had been groomed to be the starter after Brees had he not? Not saying he was the starter, just that he was the heir apparent for a while if memory serves. The Falcons were out of the playoff hunt by the last game of the season, and just wrapping things up. How about an example of a decent team in the playoff hunt that lost to another team using their backup QB? I'm just curious because nothing jumps to mind, but you appear to follow the rest of the NFL more closely.

Didn't we beat the daylights out of the Cardinals last season with a washed up Cam who didn't even know the offense? Why did that happen? Arizona had to start their backup QB. They were 8-2 when we played them, and we sucked big time.

We have more of run blocking o-line. We have the power run blocking, but we lack the finesse to handle speedy pass rushes imo. CMC and play action pass can help, and if we can run screens properly that's even better. The hope is that we run it well enough to avoid 3rd and long situations, but we're not going to be a high octane offense imo.

If we open the season losing to a backup QB at home, then what's going to happen when we play talented starting QBs? We'll be drafting in the top 10 again if we can't beat teams playing their backup QB.

We should be favored against any team we play using a backup QB. Trivia question. When was the last time a team won using a backup QB?

Let's see a pic.

As I told one Huddler who tried to argue with me last season, Chubba is a north and south between the tackles runner who takes time to build up speed. You either like that style or you don't, but that's what he has to offer. That and brick hands.

The Bills got very aggressive sending pressure, and I always like to see a screen mixed into the calls here and there in that case. Sure enough we gashed them on a screen. Glad to see we actually react to what is happening now; unlike last season when we ran plays no matter what the opposing defense was doing. One thing that was clear cut was just how bad Sam is at reading the field. Has hasn't improved at all. What a waste of money and draft capital. He's only decisive when he sees a check down open, or it's a designed QB run. I had forgotten how much I hated watching him play. I'd rather watch PJ and that's saying something.

Time to play Dr. Pantherj. High ankle sprain for Sam. Out 6-8 weeks.

Just let Moose's eye do it's thing. Yes it's looking up at Saturn but can we let it be?

God I was having flashbacks of 2021 Darnold out there tonight. Awful.

Hell Rhule would have built a massage parlor with his own money at BOA to entice Watson to come here if he were a Baylor alumni.

If TMJ wasn't so injury prone I would be against this potential trade. On paper it looks like we'll have two TMJs, but with the Mims model being not as bright at picking up an NFL offense.